Our news archive features just some of the interesting past news, posts and events we have shared on this website.
Honouring Our D Day Heroes - 80th Commemoration!
D-DAY 80. To day the House of Newland is remembering the sacrifice of all the courageous Allied soldiers and the brave resistance fighters who fort the Nazis, so we could live in freedom. Here is a photo of Lord Newland's Canadian first cousin twice removed, Gunner B43721, Arthur James Albert Neller, who landed on 'Juno Beach 1944'. He survived the war and was mentioned in Dispatches.
NEW! - Short Unicorn Story Writing Contest!
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| Celebrating National Unicorn Day 2024. The 4th anniversary of the Order's establishment |
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| Maiden Princess Arabella Gonsalves M.U. working on her unicorn story. |
When budding writer Princess Arabella Gonsalves M.U. from Massachusetts, USA, heard about this golden opportunity she immediately grabbed her pen and got to work, writing her story before going to school! Princess Arabella enjoys writing stories; she is only 12 but has already had some of her work published.
Princess Arabella has since sent us her splendid unicorn story which we think is fantastic and will be perfect for inclusion in the book! Thank you, and congratulations Princess Arabella! We love it!
Unicorn Moon 2024 - Observing the Magic!
The Unicorn Moon on the 23rd April 2024 was observed far and wide across the world. Many of our members took the opportunity to look up into the night sky to observe the annual Luna event which is fast becoming a fun and popular custom for grownups and children alike; some making wishes or taking photos, and some just taking the time to enjoy the full moon in all its splendor. The full moon of April was so named the Unicorn Moon, in 2023 as part of the third anniversary celebrations of the Order of the Unicorn, and to also inspire people everywhere to put down their phones for a few minutes to observe and take an interest in the night sky. Photos of the Unicorn Moon were kindly sent in by our honoured Princesses, Serenitie-Love Truehart M.U. C.C.U and Trinitie-Heaven Truehart M.U. C.C.U who had fun observing the Unicorn Moon at Neds Point Lighthouse, Mattapoisett, Massachusetts, USA after competing in a dance competition; and Alanna Breault M.U. who observed it from her garden in Orlando, Florida, USA. The next Unicorn Moon will be 13th April 2025. Mark it in your diaries!
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| The Unicorn Moon: Photos by H.R.H. Lord Newland, Mrs Lori Truehart, and Alanna Breault M.U. |
New Honours of the Order of the Unicorn
As part of the Noble Order of the Unicorn's 3rd year celebrations, two new honour have been officially introduced to the Order, that of: 'Knight Commander' and 'Commander of the Colours', These titles of distinction are only awarded to those members of the Order who have achieved great deeds of service to either the Order or the Royal House of Newland or the Order of the Unicorn colours. A Colour Commander title could be awarded for anything like; flying the colours on a challenging expedition across the world, such as a trek to the South Pole, or up the Amazon, or to raise the colours at the top of the highest mountains etc. Or as Princesses Serenitie Truehart M.U. and Trinitie Truehart M.U. have done with their wonderful dance display, do something extra special and unique to fly or utilizing the unicorn colours to raise awareness and to promote the Order of the Unicorn. We therefore it congratulate our maiden princesses of the unicorn, Serenitie-Love Truehart M.U. and Trinitie-Heaven Truehart M.U. on each being awarded the high honour of 'Colour Commander' of our most noble Order of the Unicorn.
Dance of the Unicorn Colours - Legend of the Unicorns
Budding dancers, Princesses of the Order of the Unicorn Serenitie-Love Truehart M.U. age 12 and Trinitie-Heaven Truehart M.U. age 11 have taken celebrating the Order's 3rd year anniversary celebrations to another level by combining their unicorn flags with their dance skills to create a beautifully choreographed dance display of the Unicorn Colours. For the dance they wore sparkling costumes of gold and black to complement the Order's Colours and danced to a beautiful piece of music called 'Legend of the Unicorns' by Brandon Fitcher. We love it! It is such a lovely artistic dance! Thank you so much girls! You have done a fantastic job! You are a credit to the Order and your services to have not gone unnoticed. Therefore it is with great pleasure to announce that Lord Newland has awarded each of you the noble distinction of 'Colour Commander', which is a new honour that can only be awarded to titled members who have done great deeds of service to the colours. We thank your mother Mrs Lori Truehart for her kindness and sending in your dance video which we have made into a special Order of the Unicorn feature. Watch it now!
Illustrious Awards of Honour!
The bestowing of awards of honour has long been an established traditional part of Chivalric Orders and the Order of the Unicorn is no exception to this rule. It is therefore with great excitement to announce as part of our continuing 3rd Year celebrations, the release of our very own official associated awards of honour in the form of honour badges! The honours also include: Honour Ribbon and Honour Sash which traditionally signify that the bearer is a member of an order of chivalry. Honoured members of the Order may now officially proudly bear their associated awards of honour! For all the details about our new illustrious honours and to see the full range of badges, click the ORDER OF THE UNICORN page!
Maids' Formal Dress of Honour Approved!
It is with great excitement to unveil the new official formal Dress of Honour that honoured members and officers of the Unicorn Operations Executive may wear for special occasions, assignments and to administer duties of office. More information about the Order's Dress of Honour and how you can become an officer of the Unicorn Operations Executive can be found on the ORDER OF THE UNICORN page! Click the link and scroll down the page!
Maids' Formal Dress of Honour Approved!
It is with great excitement to unveil the new official formal Dress of Honour that honoured members and officers of the Unicorn Operations Executive may wear for special occasions, assignments and to administer duties of office. More information about the Order's Dress of Honour and how you can become an officer of the Unicorn Operations Executive can be found on the ORDER OF THE UNICORN page! Click the link and scroll down the page!
Order of the Unicorn Prize Draw 2023
To celebrate this years third anniversary of the founding of the Order of the Unicorn we are holding an official prize draw where one lucky winner will win a Minor Prince or Minor Princess title. The draw will be undertaken by the Unicorn Operations Executive - Standard Bearer Officers, Princess Serenitie-Love Truehart. M.U. and Princess Trinitie-Heaven Truehart. M.U. under the banner of the Order of the Unicorn. Keep an eye out for further updates!
Congratulations to Standard Bearer Officers, Princesses Serenitie-Love Truehart, and
Trinitie-Heaven Truehart, of the Order of the Unicorn. It is with great pleasure to announce
that they have been granted the power of the Unicorn Operations Executive, to act as our
official prize draw officers.
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| Congratulations to Standard Bearer Officers, Princesses Serenitie-Love Truehart, and Trinitie-Heaven Truehart, of the Order of the Unicorn. It is with great pleasure to announce that they have been granted the power of the Unicorn Operations Executive, to act as our official prize draw officers. |
Celebrating International Unicorn Day 2023!
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| Get ready for the next Unicorn Moon. |
Members of the noble Order of the Unicorn were proudly flying the Unicorn flag over the Easter weekend as this year it coincided with the Unicorn Moon and also International Unicorn Day, which is held annually on 9th April. This year was extra special as it marks the third anniversary of the Order of the Unicorn's absolute establishment that was done in accordance to convention and etiquette by the official enshrinement of the Order's honourable Code of Chivalry, which was certified by Royal Proclamation upon National Unicorn Day 2020. To mark this special anniversary the full moon of April was proclaimed with the new name of 'Unicorn Moon' as voted by the elite knights and ladies of the Unicorn in February 2023. This newly announced moon name sits well along side the more traditional April moon names of Seed Moon and Pink Moon and in time may become just as popular.
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| Maiden Princesses proud and ready to fly their unicorn flags. |
Serenitie 11 and Trinitie 11 have been honoured members of the Order of the Unicorn since 2020 and have been appointed by H.R.H Sovereign Lord Newland to represent the Order as the Unicorn Operations Executive for the Order of the Unicorn prize draw which is to be held this summer. (Draw is now over. See above for draw details and winners).
Thank you so much girls for sharing these fantastic pictures and videos with us, we love them! We are so glad you had a great time celebrating International Unicorn Day and made your wishes upon the Unicorn Moon! Hope they come true!
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| Celebrating National Unicorn Day and the Unicorn Moon. |
Watch Princess Serenitie's and Princess Trinitie's vlog videos below!
Order of the Unicorn: Princesshood for Tayla-Jai.
It is with great pleasure to announce: Tayla-Jai Robson age 9 of Pontypridd, Wales; and Kendra Johnson age 4 of Hammond, Indiana, USA, have each been officially honoured by a grant of Letters Patent, and have been made Princesses of our most noble order of chivalry, the Order of the Unicorn. Roll Refs: 001/041; 001/044.
Accolades For Our First Honoured Family.
It is with great pleasure to announce that distant family members of the Royal Newland Dynasty: Timothy Newland and his wife Audrey Newland, from Harrisonville, Missouri, USA have each been officially honoured by a grant of Letters Patent, and have been made a Knight and Lady of our most noble order of chivalry, the Order of the Unicorn. They are believed to be the first ever married couple to receive a true genuine knighthood of an order of chivalry together at the same time. History has been made further as their daughters Leah and Keira have also been honoured by a grant of Letters Patent and have been made Princesses of the Order of the Unicorn. Roll Refs: 001/045; 001/046; 001/042; 00/043. It's our pleasure to therefore announce that as Sir Timothy Newland's family is the first family to have all its members awarded honours at the same time, which gives them the added distinction of being: Proto Honoured Family of the Order of the Unicorn. Congratulations!
Princess Mehayle - Maid of the Unicorn
with her awarded honour.
Proto Princess Honour for Mehayle!
with her awarded honour.
When earlier this year news broke on Facebook that one could actually gain a 'true' noble title by becoming a Princess of the Order of the Unicorn, pageant princess Mehayle Elliott jumped at the opportunity! Mehayle 13 from Texas, USA along with fellow Princess, Alanna Breault M.U. of Florida USA, were the very first two girls to be honoured by the distinction Princess of the Order of the Unicorn thereby making them both jointly the order's proto-princesses, i.e. foremost princesses of high honour! Yet, when it comes to gaining titles Princess Mehayle is on top form for she loves competing in beauty pageants and has won countless titles, along with stylish pageant regalia; crowns, sashes, and trophies that go hand and in hand with beauty competitions. Mehayle's interest of pageants began when she saw the TV show Toddlers and Tiaras which inspired her to enter a pageant. Her first pageant proved to be a great success; she won and had so much fun that she became hooked! Mehayle has since competed in over 300 pageants some of them international, winning over 200 titles! Her success on the stage was soon noted which led to her appearing in TV documentaries world wide, including an episode of Toddlers and Tiaras where her pageant life began. She has been featured in many magazines including an exclusive in National Geographic and has also had her photos featured in several pageant calendars; appearing on the cover a number of times! She has even had an exhibition in Israel! Pageant titles are great fun but Mehayle is truly delighted to have gained this title of a noble chivalric order too! She was so happy to receive the Order of the Unicorn and become the order's proto princess that she had to let us know by sending us this splendid photo of herself wearing one of her sparkling pageant crowns, proudly presenting her certificate. Thank you so much Mehayle and thank you to your mother ShariLynne for sharing all this with us. We really appreciate it! We wish you well in all that you do. Good Luck with your next pageant!
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| Unicorn Princesses: Trinitie M.U. (Left) and Serenitie M.U. (Right) happily display their Order of the Unicorn Banner of Arms. |
FLYING THE UNICORN FLAG: A Joyous Surprise for Princesses Serenitie and Trinitie!
Titled members of the Order of the Unicorn can now fly the order's official Banner of Arms, affectionately dubbed the 'Unicorn Flag', which can now be ordered from us. Two princesses who did just that were Serenitie-Love Truehart M.U. and her sister, Trinitie-Heaven Truehart M.U. Upon receiving their package the two excited girls got their mother to film the grand opening! It was such a wonderful surprise for them and for us too to receive this splendid movie and photo of the event. The girls absolutely adore unicorns and are over the moon with their unicorn flag. Serenitie-Love, age 9 and Trinitie-Heaven, age 8 from Massachusetts, USA were each granted a Princesshood of the Order of the Unicorn in May 2020 and therefore as titled members they can now officially fly the order's Banner of Arms.
Watch Maiden Princesses, Serenitie and Trinitie
open their parcel from Lord Robert James Newland.
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| Flying the Order of the Unicorn flag! |
Thank you so much girls we really enjoyed watching the video and love the photos! You are very welcome! It's a pleasure indeed! And thank you to your mother Lori Truehart for kindly sharing this video and photos with us. We are delighted that you are so happy with your unicorn flag and it's great to see that you are flying it along side your United States flag!
2022 UPDATE: Princess Serenitie M.U. and Princess Trinitie M.U. have of 26th April 2022, accepted the colours and have each been assigned the official rank as: 'Standard Bearer Officer' of the House of Newland.
Knighthoods Granted.
It is with great pleasure to announce: Mark North of Weymouth, Dorset, has been officially honoured by a grant of Letters Patent, for outstanding services and loyalty to H.R.H Lord Newland and has been awarded our highest distinction of Grand Knight of the Order of the Unicorn. It is also with great pleasure to announce knighthoods have been granted to Jill North of Weymouth, Dorset for great support, making her a Lady of the Order of the Unicorn and Derek Johnson of Exmouth, Devon for his splendid service, making him a Knight of the Order of the Unicorn. Roll Refs: 001/004; 001/005; 001/006.
Princesshoods of the Order of the Unicorn.
It is with great pleasure to announce: Taralyn Eschberger from Texas, USA; Savanna Czachorowski from Michigan, USA; Taelyn Jennings from Vermont, USA; Olivia Kennedy from Tennessee, USA; Addie Kennedy from Tennessee, USA; Serenitie-Love Truehart from Massachusetts, USA; Trinitie-Heaven Truehart from Massachusetts, USA; Emily Leckie from Indiana, USA; Avalyn Meinke from North Carolina, USA; and EmmaLou Rogers from Alabama, USA have all been officially honoured by a grant of Letters Patent, and have been made, Princesses of our most noble order of chivalry, the Order of the Unicorn. Roll Refs: 001/031 - 001/040.
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| Princess Alanna - Maid of the Unicorn. Proud to gain the honour of The Order of the Unicorn. |
Princess Alanna - The first American to be honoured with the Order of the Unicorn.
Beautiful young Beauty Queen, Alanna Breault, age 12 from sunny Florida, USA was so delighted and honoured to receive the Order of the Unicorn and becoming the first American to receive the distinction, that she just had to let us know by sending us this fabulous picture of herself with her Letters Patent. It so happens, Princess Alanna is no stranger to titles as she has competed in pageants since she was three, winning many titles over the years and now holds the National title of, US American States Most INFINITE Queen. She has appeared on pageant calendars, winning Cover Queen in 2016 and this soon led to TV appearances and modeling. Alanna has now started a budding career in acting, staring in three short movies: Nightmist (2019), Forever In My Heart (2020) and creepy horror flick, Curse of the Luk Krok (2020) in which she plays the leading roll as a horrifying blue zombie! You can find out more about these fabulous movies on Alanna's Facebook page: Friends Who Like ALanna Breault Orlando young actress/model. Thank you so much Princess Alanna for sharing this splendid photo and interesting information. We really appreciate it! We wish you well with your acting career and all that you do. Good Luck!
Princesshoods for Amelia and Glesni
It is with great pleasure to announce: Amelia Higginson age 9 from Ynys Môn, Anglesey, Wales; Glesni Reece age 14 of Denbighshire, Wales; and Brooke Fraser age 9 from Glasgow, Scotland have all been officially honoured by a grant of Letters Patent, and have been made, Princesses of our most noble order of chivalry, the Order of the Unicorn. Roll Refs: 001/028; 001/029; 001/030. Amelia Higginson age 9 from Ynys Môn, Wales; and Glesni Reece age 14 of Denbighshire, Wales, both love nothing more than to participate in Beauty Pageants, winning numerous titles and crowns between them. However, when they heard that they could gain a noble title, and become a Princess of the Order of the Unicorn; their favorite magical animal, they jumped at the chance! They were so excited to receive their Letters Patent award stating their noble title of achievement, that they got their Mums to take these delightful photos, proudly posing with their certificates. Congratulations girls and thank you so much for kindly sharing these splendid pictures with us! We are so very happy you like your awarded honours, being elevated to a Princess of the Order of the Unicorn.
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| HONOURED: Princess Amelia (left) and Princess Glesni (right) are thrilled to receive the Order of the Unicorn. |
Our first Princesshoods of the Order of the Unicorn granted!
It is with great pleasure to announce: Alanna Breault age 12 of Orlando, Florida, USA and Mehayle Elliott age 12 of Huffman, Texas, USA have both been officially honoured by a grant of Letters Patent, and have been made, Princesses of our most noble order of chivalry, the Order of the Unicorn. Dated: 29th February 2020. Roll Refs: 001/026; 001/027.
Lady Caroline honoured by the Order of the Unicorn.
Lord Newland is pleased to announce that his sister Caroline Mockridge has been honoured by Letters Patent and has been made a Grand Lady of the Unicorn (Dame), on the 18th February 2020.
Lord Newland is pleased to announce that his sister Caroline Mockridge has been honoured by Letters Patent and has been made a Grand Lady of the Unicorn (Dame), on the 18th February 2020.
